Particle seeding enhances interconnectivity in polymeric scaffolds foamed using supercritical CO2

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1055-1060

  Collins, Niki J ^a   Bridson, Rachel H ^a   Leeke, Gary A ^a   Grover, Liam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interconnectivity; Scaffolds; Supercritical; Tissue engineering; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; PORE STRUCTURE; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SILICA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

INTERCONNECTIVITY; POLYMERIC SCAFFOLD; PORE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PORES STRUCTURE; SILICA CONTENT; SUPERCRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL CO 2; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

PORE SIZE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOAMING; INTERCONNECTIVITY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 75149196229     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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